Hi there. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where more Republicans are throwing their support behind President Trump's push for Congress to overhaul voting in America ahead of the midterms,

as he threatens to unilaterally overhaul elections if Congress fails to act.

Of course, it all comes as the president and his party struggle in the polls and face the

prospect of losing control of Congress this November.

With the midterms approaching, the White House-backed Save America Act,

now has 50 Senate Republicans backing it after Maine Senator Susan Collins became the latest to declare

her support. The legislation, which narrowly passed the House last week, would require new voters

to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. It would also mandate photo ID across all 50 states to cast a ballot, even if voting by mail.

And it would require states to verify voter registration with the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate Majority Leader Thune has promised to bring the bill to the floor for a vote,

but Democrats right now have the votes to block it.

Yesterday, Senator Scott, a Florida, Rick Scott, I should say, brushed off concerns.

The bill could create logistical problems ahead of the midterms if it passes.

We have 50 people on it now.

What I tell everybody, call every U.S. Senator you know, it's already passed the House. I don't care if you're a Republican or Democrat. It doesn't really matter. We all want election security. Senator Lisa Murkowski has said that she has some concerns because if this were to pass, this could impact the elections happening this year and logistically, that could be a nightmare for local election offices. What do you say that? So I, that's not been what people have told me. So, I mean, everybody

has to show ID for everything else. I mean, how's that a big difference? It's not a big change.

So Democrats have slammed the bill, arguing it's an effort to disenfranchise voters. This is what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

They make it so hard to get any kind of voter ID that more than 20 million legitimate people,

mainly poorer people and people of color, will not be able to vote under this law.

We will not let it pass in the Senate.

We are fighting a tooth and

nail. It's an outrageous proposal that shows the sort of political bias of the MAGA right.

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